General News
Celebrating a Great Summer’s Innovation
Around 60 students and local business people came together at Priority One’s Summer Innovation Celebration, held 9th Feb at the University of Waikato campus in Durham St. This was an…
Read MoreThe rise of the ‘everyday philanthropists’: how strategic giving is gaining popularity in the WBOP
The face of philanthropy in the WBOP is undergoing a profound shift – from a world that was previously occupied by only the wealthiest among us, to one where more…
Read MoreBluelab takes top honours at New Zealand International Business Awards 2021
Bluelab has been announced supreme winner of NZTE‘s New Zealand International Business Awards 2021, at last week’s [17 February] first-ever broadcast ceremony. Operating for more than 30 years, Bluelab is…
Read MoreUK talent coming home to Tauranga to lead Aurecon’s transport planning team
International design, engineering and advisory company, Aurecon, has appointed Erica Walker as its transport planning leader for Tauranga. The appointment aims to strengthen Aurecon’s local transport planning capabilities, with the…
Read MoreChallenging Tauranga traffic – Are you up for change?
The Wednesday Challenge, a major new community initiative, is set to launch in Tauranga early March and will be challenging people to change the way they travel every Wednesday across…
Read MoreNew Zealand Income Insurance Scheme proposal
This week the Government, Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions announced their proposal to introduce a New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme, designed to give financial…
Read MoreSTEAM-ED: full-steam ahead on a mission for free science education
STEAM-ED, formerly the education classroom sessions of House of Science Tauranga, provides STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, with some Art for good measure) based after-school and homeschool classes, as…
Read MoreToi Kai Rawa – Change is coming!
Towards the end of 2021, Toi Kai Rawa launched their first Māori kiwifruit internship programme, right here in the Bay of Plenty. Aiming to increase the participation of Māori in…
Read MoreTell your teens… Instep Young Leaders’ Forum accepting applications!
As mentioned in our last newsletter of 2021, the Instep Young Leaders’ Forum is accepting applications directly from Instep secondary school students in 2022. Check out and share our new video! If your child…
Read MoreThinking about a career in horticulture?
The challenges and opportunities of starting a new business during a global pandemic
The Colour Code is a people development company that uses self-awareness as a foundation to strengthen workplace relationships and drive performance. They are the first New Zealand based partner of…
Read MoreSpread the word! Instep Young Leaders’ Forum accepting applications in 2022
This year’s cohort of Instep Young Leaders have spoken and we have listened. They have called for greater transparency around who gets selected to be in the Forum, and for…
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